RBJ Schlegel Family Foundation
Private foundation · Kitchener, Ontario · BN 716272703RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,404,421) as filed with the CRA.
RBJ Schlegel Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Kitchener, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from other charities. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2.7M.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 82% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 13 qualified donees totalling $2.3M in 2024, the largest being $1.6M to Schlegel-Uw Research Institute for Aging Foundation. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The primary funding emphasis of the newly created Foundation is research in aging research in mental health/addiction and International Economic Development. It’s secondary funding emphasis is focused toward supporting the regions of Kitchener-Waterloo Guelph and London Ontario in areas of health care social services and community housing and development as well as support of Mennonite institutions.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2022–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.4M | $17K | — | $2.3M | — |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.1M | $17K | — | $2.1M | $144K |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $2.3M to 13 qualified donees:
- Schlegel-Uw Research Institute for Aging Foundation$1.6M
- Homewood Research Institute/institut de Recherches Homewood$229K
- Mennonite Economic Development Associates of Canada$195K
- Conrad Grebel University College$120K
- The University of Western Ontario$48K
- Community Justice Initiatives of Waterloo Region$40K
- Mennonite World Conference Canada Inc$33K
- K-W Working Centre for the Unemployed$14K
- Mission Services of London$10K
- House of Friendship$10K
- Mennohomes Inc.$8,600
- Hockey Helps the Homeless/hockey Aide les Sans-Abri$3,000
- BullyingCanada Inc.$2,000
Received $2.7M from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bradley Schlegel (director); James Schlegel (director); Robbie Schlegel (secretary-treasurer); Ronald Schlegel (chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from RBJ Schlegel Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 716272703RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.